Hammer's Log

[Mac]

If I can't shed it I will cancel. Giving it hell, we'll see!

You can do it Mike!

[KevinCouch]

got in intense cardio this morning 1 hr of HIIT

did some circuits this afternoon then going to hit another hr of cardio little bit later in day

carb depleating today, tues and wed

tested a diuretic on sat, urinated 3 liters in less than 2 hrs! Yes I do hold some serious water. Added a whole baked potato afterwards and got very vascular and full looking and upper quads had very good lines. Hopefully I have this dialed in.
Weighed in this morning weighing the same after the water drop but legs are watery so I def dropped some more BF. Still got small pocket in outer lower back but the front is point on. If I can't shed it I will cancel. Giving it hell, we'll see!

Awesome to hear you were able to experiment a little with dropping water over the weekend. Are you going to back off on your water from Friday on as your carbing up? My lower back is my hardest area to tighten up to.

[Hammerfit]

Awesome to hear you were able to experiment a little with dropping water over the weekend. Are you going to back off on your water from Friday on as your carbing up? My lower back is my hardest area to tighten up to.

Im going to drop it to 1 gal on friday before dark :30. Then sip Sat as needed. I am dry and ready now if it wasnt for that freakin lower back! Always my weakness. The good thing is the next show is in 5 weeks, I should be shredded by then. I'm going to eat like a caveman on Sunday then go back to strict diet again on Monday.

[mrky03]

Good luck Mike!

[Hammerfit]

Just more cardio on tap and some lt lifting. 1 hr of HIIT done, pose all day, work on my "dance" as Lisa likes to call it. I am freakin starvin.....30 carbs yesterday, same today and tomorrow. Looking forward to Thursday....gonna load up on some rice and potatoes!

[Mac]

no pic updates?

[joedemarco]

Just more cardio on tap and some lt lifting. 1 hr of HIIT done, pose all day, work on my "dance" as Lisa likes to call it. I am freakin starvin.....30 carbs yesterday, same today and tomorrow. Looking forward to Thursday....gonna load up on some rice and potatoes!

Hang in there Mike! Carbs will be here before you know it!

Looking forward to some pics from the show. Good luck!

[Hammerfit]

no pic updates?

Nope, I dont do pre contest pics. Will post some day of show.

[Mac]

Nope, I dont do pre contest pics. Will post some day of show.

No problems. Saw one a week ago, thought they're might be more.

Good luck in your show Mike.

[HeavyDutyGuy]

DANG! I got tired just reading this.. Will be interesting to see the results at the end, and hear your conclusions.

[Hammerfit]

Depleting is no f......g fun! Living on chicken, fish and asparagus, 2 cardios and depletion training for 2 hrs today. Non stop high rep BS stuff. I cant lift heavy anyway, I am freakin starvin and weak as a baby girl!

The good news, Lisa is planning out my carb up food. Lots of sweet potatoes, sweet potato casserol, oatmeal cookies, cheerios!

Posed for 30 mins w my training partner. Very helpful, he's competed with me several times and knows me well. Looked good, very flat at the beginning but pumped up after 5 minutes of posing, which is by design, so all good.

The interesting part of my experiment, is my weight is not budging! I am getting leaner everyday but the scale seems to be stuck. I weighed 212 this morning and 215 at the gym several hours later. Water weight prob is around 5 lbs so I should come in at 207-210ish, right where I thought. Last year I competed at 198-202.

I'll post some pics from Thursday's posing practice.

[Hammerfit]

No problems. Saw one a week ago, thought they're might be more.

Good luck in your show Mike.

Gotcha. I thought you meant stripped down pics. I will post in the next couple days

[Hammerfit]

Tried another experiment last night and all I will say is it worked! You know you are close after you do an hour of cardio and your upper quads still have good cuts. Im pretty happy with where I am and think I will present well Sat.

The good thing about this all is this was a 6 week prep. I was out to prove a theory and I was right. (I usually am) NOT!

My partner overseeing my posing said he was excited! How's that for positive note!

Decide to start my carb up today instead of tomorrow. I am freakin lean as hell at 211 lbs and my chest is flattening a bit so feed day today! Oh Yeah!

[KevinCouch]

Tried another experiment last night and all I will say is it worked! You know you are close after you do an hour of cardio and your upper quads still have good cuts. Im pretty happy with where I am and think I will present well Sat.

The good thing about this all is this was a 6 week prep. I was out to prove a theory and I was right. (I usually am) NOT!

My partner overseeing my posing said he was excited! How's that for positive note!

Decide to start my carb up today instead of tomorrow. I am freakin lean as hell at 211 lbs and my chest is flattening a bit so feed day today! Oh Yeah!

You know your body best Mike if you feel like you need to begin carbing up today and you're too flat right now then it will work for you. The final week preparing for the Masters last year prejudging was on Friday so I began depleting on Sunday and was supposed to begin carbing up on Wednesday, well Tuesday evening I was flat as hell and knew I needed to begin carbing up right away so I called George and although he didn't really agree with me and it was our first go around together he told me to go ahead and begin carbing up I just had to keep my water intake low after Thursday to dry out while intaking so many carbs and not spill over.

This time you have to experiment will prove to be invaluable so you can fine tune things for the Masters!! Can't wait to see pics Mike!

[freebirdmac]

Show them all how it's done Mike!